SAN FRANCISCO – The accelerating confluence of information technology and medical devices is transforming the latter into a true embodiment of med tech. That was the conclusion of early keynote sessions at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) that began here yesterday. Read More
LONDON – The first systematic review and meta-analysis of the accuracy of artificial intelligence in health care has concluded AI may be as good as clinicians in interpreting medical images, but it is hard to be sure because of the poor quality of published studies. Researchers at Birmingham University, U.K. considered 31,887 journal papers appearing between January 2012 and June 2019, of which 20,530 were screened. They found most were methodologically flawed. Read More
BOSTON – How are med-tech companies reacting to the findings of the EY Pulse of the Industry report 2019? Members of a panel examined this question this week during the Medtech Conference in Boston, while also offering their insight on where the industry is headed. Read More
BOSTON – The transition of the European med-tech regulatory system is not going well, but Oliver Bisazza, director of regulations at Medtech Europe, said device makers should nonetheless continue preparing product dossiers for recertification of existing CE marks because "you have to be able to show them you have been making an honest go of it" where re-certification is concerned. Read More
